This week I want us to celebrate listening: listening to an audiobook, listening to a read-aloud, listening to poetry, listening to a novel in verse, listening to music and songs.SongsListen to a song, I mean, really listen not just to the melody but also to the words. Then draw a picture about the song. What is the song about? Who is in the song?AudiobooksListen to an audiobook. (And to answer a question I often hear from students and parents: yes, listening to an audiobook is also reading!)Over the past year and a half, I re-discovered my love for audiobooks. As a child, my siblings and I loved listening to records with favorite stories. Nowadays, it’s so easy to get audiobooks and have them with us at all times on iPhones, iPads, iPods and other mobile devices. If you have Internet access, explore the Audiobooks tab on our only2clicks page for free online resources. Or check with your parents the offers and services companies such as Audible provide. You can also ask at your local public library if they have audiobooks you can sign out.My advice if you consider buying an audiobook is listening to a sample first to find out whether you enjoy the narrator’s voice.

Let someone read to you from one or more of the following books:Books from famous children’s poets such as…Mary Ann HobermanShel SilversteinAllan AhlbergJack PrelutskyRoald DahlKenn Nesbitt

Novels in Verse

Love That Dog and Hate That Cat (both by Sharon Creech)

Heartbeat (Sharon Creech)

Tofu Quilt (Ching Yeung Russell)

Like Pickle Juice On A Cookie – and other titles in the series (Julie Sternberg)

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Welcome to the Primary School Library!

My name is Tanja Galetti and I am the Primary School Teacher Librarian at HKA. I am excited about another year of reading and inquiring in our beautiful library. Mrs. Phyllis Musco is supporting both the Primary and Secondary School library, sharing her time between the two libraries.